We introduced the students to AutoDesks' Sustainability Workshop 'Design for Product Lifetimes' guidance materials to appraise the Toasters & Kettles, in an attempt to imagine improvements we could make (since we wanted people to be able to repair or upgrade these types of cheap toasters and kettles). We learned very quickly that there are loads of easy improvements that designers can make, so that kettles and toasters could be easily repaired.

The Autodesk Design Academy tools are fantastic and give us a real headstart in a project like this. It's no secret amongst those that know me well, that I've long been a fan of the @ecoworkshop and all the work that Dawn and the team do there. In my view, there really isn't anything that compares in terms of practical and theoretical contributions to sustainable design.

The project lasted for 4 weeks and culminated this week in a range of fantastic concept designs for repairable toasters and kettles. They were SO good, that I thought I'd include a few examples of them below:

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